Sunday, September 2, 2012

August was a good stitching month for me… I finished a lovely bag and I was part of a wonderful private exchange with a friend from Spain (she does not have a blog). She told me that her favorite color is blue so I tried to make my exchange as blue as possible. :)

For the exchange I bought a paper mache box from Joann and I covered it up with cotton fabric. The lid is painted with acrylic paint @ Martha Stewart. I made a scissor fob and a greeting card as well and I added few extras for my friend to use on her next projects.

I love “Les brodeuses parisiennes”, their designs are wonderful. I was very happy to see this bag for sale on The French Needle website. The finished bag was in the kit, I just did the stitching. I'll be using it to carry my stitching stuff when I go stitching at Stitcher's Paradise or my friends houses.

Wow, Michelle... you did a perfect job! The box is awesome! But I fell in love with the bag... you know how much I love Paris... I must make this bag for myself :)You exchange partner is very lucky to receive these beautiful treasures :)

Lovely post Michelle. I love the box - so beautiful - the spider-web roses add so much dimension - I enjoy doing them myself. That's a great bag too - so chic looking. I'm a Francophile so anything like this I love. You can never go wrong with the Eiffel Tower! Congrats!